Hi, > I fwded the vote to general list so it is not needed normally.
It is always required see [1]: "Podlings in Incubation SHALL NOT perform any releases of software without the explicit approval of the Incubator PMC." There no need to inform the IPMC of a vote taking place and it has to be voted on by the IPMC after the PPMC vote has taken place. "Therefore, should a Podling decide it wishes to perform a release, the Podling SHALL hold a vote on the Podling's public -dev list.” “then the Podling SHALL send a summary of that vote to the Incubator's general <http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/howtoparticipate.html#Mailing+lists>list and formally request the Incubator PMC approve such a release." In the case where you already have 3 IPMC votes on the PPMC dev list you still have to a IPMC vote, it is however acceptable for IPMC to forward their votes. This has been discussed at length on general @ I can hunt down the links if you need. Thanks, Justin 1. http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Releases
